Exodus · Berean Standard Bible
Exodus 8 Berean Standard Bible
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1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
1 ENTONCES Jehová dijo á Moisés: Entra á Faraón, y dile: Jehová ha dicho así: Deja ir á mi pueblo, para que me sirvan.
2 But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
2 Y si no lo quisieres dejar ir, he aquí yo heriré con ranas todos tus términos:
3 The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
3 Y el río criará ranas, las cuales subirán, y entrarán en tu casa, y en la cámara de tu cama, y sobre tu cama, y en las casas de tus siervos, y en tu pueblo, y en tus hornos, y en tus artesas:
4 The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
4 Y las ranas subirán sobre ti, y sobre tu pueblo, y sobre todos tus siervos.
5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
5 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Di á Aarón: Extiende tu mano con tu vara sobre los ríos, arroyos, y estanques, para que haga venir ranas sobre la tierra de Egipto.
6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
6 Entonces Aarón extendió su mano sobre las aguas de Egipto, y subieron ranas que cubrieron la tierra de Egipto.
7 But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
7 Y los encantadores hicieron lo mismo con sus encantamientos, é hicieron venir ranas sobre la tierra de Egipto.
8 Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
8 Entonces Faraón llamó á Moisés y á Aarón, y díjoles: Orad á Jehová que quite las ranas de mí y de mi pueblo; y dejaré ir al pueblo, para que sacrifique á Jehová.
9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
9 Y dijo Moisés á Faraón: Gloríate sobre mí: ¿cuándo oraré por ti, y por tus siervos, y por tu pueblo, para que las ranas sean quitadas de ti, y de tus casas, y que solamente se queden en el río?
10 “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
10 Y él dijo: Mañana. Y [Moisés] respondió: Se hará conforme á tu palabra, para que conozcas que no hay como Jehová nuestro Dios:
11 The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
11 Y las ranas se irán de ti, y de tus casas, y de tus siervos, y de tu pueblo, y solamente se quedarán en el río.
12 After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
12 Entonces salieron Moisés y Aarón de con Faraón, y clamó Moisés á Jehová sobre el negocio de las ranas que había puesto á Faraón.
13 And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
13 E hizo Jehová conforme á la palabra de Moisés, y murieron las ranas de las casas, de los cortijos, y de los campos.
14 They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
14 Y las juntaron en montones, y apestaban la tierra.
15 When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
15 Y viendo Faraón que le habían dado reposo, agravó su corazón, y no los escuchó; como Jehová lo había dicho.
16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
16 Entonces Jehová dijo á Moisés: Di á Aarón: Extiende tu vara, y hiere el polvo de la tierra, para que se vuelva piojos por todo el país de Egipto.
17 This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
17 Y ellos lo hicieron así; y Aarón extendió su mano con su vara, é hirió el polvo de la tierra, el cual se volvió piojos, así en los hombres como en las bestias: todo el polvo de la tierra se volvió piojos en todo el país de Egipto.
18 The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
18 Y los encantadores hicieron así también, para sacar piojos con sus encantamientos; mas no pudieron. Y había piojos así en los hombres como en las bestias.
19 “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
19 Entonces los magos dijeron á Faraón: Dedo de Dios es este. Mas el corazón de Faraón se endureció, y no los escuchó; como Jehová lo había dicho.
20 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
20 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Levántate de mañana y ponte delante de Faraón, he aquí él sale á las aguas; y dile: Jehová ha dicho así: Deja ir á mi pueblo, para que me sirva.
21 But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
21 Porque si no dejares ir á mi pueblo, he aquí yo enviaré sobre ti, y sobre tus siervos, y sobre tu pueblo, y sobre tus casas toda suerte de moscas; y las casas de los Egipcios se henchirán de toda suerte de moscas, y asimismo la tierra donde ellos estuvieren.
22 But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
22 Y aquel día yo apartaré la tierra de Gosén, en la cual mi pueblo habita, para que ninguna suerte de moscas haya en ella; á fin de que sepas que yo soy Jehová en medio de la tierra.
23 I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
23 Y yo pondré redención entre mi pueblo y el tuyo. Mañana será esta señal.
24 And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.
24 Y Jehová lo hizo así: que vino toda suerte de moscas molestísimas sobre la casa de Faraón, y sobre las casas de sus siervos, y sobre todo el país de Egipto; y la tierra fué corrompida á causa de ellas.
25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
25 Entonces Faraón llamó á Moisés y á Aarón, y díjoles: Andad, sacrificad á vuestro Dios en la tierra.
26 But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
26 Y Moisés respondió: No conviene que hagamos así, porque sacrificaríamos á Jehová nuestro Dios la abominación de los Egipcios. He aquí, si sacrificáramos la abominación de los Egipcios delante de ellos, ¿no nos apedrearían?
27 We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
27 Camino de tres días iremos por el desierto, y sacrificaremos á Jehová nuestro Dios, como él nos dirá.
28 Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
28 Y dijo Faraón: Yo os dejaré ir para que sacrifiquéis á Jehová vuestro Dios en el desierto, con tal que no vayáis más lejos: orad por mí.
29 “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
29 Y respondió Moisés: He aquí, en saliendo yo de contigo, rogaré á Jehová que las diversas suertes de moscas se vayan de Faraón, y de sus siervos, y de su pueblo mañana; con tal que Faraón no falte más, no dejando ir al pueblo á sacrificar á Jehová.
30 Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
30 Entonces Moisés salió de con Faraón, y oró á Jehová.
31 and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
31 Y Jehová hizo conforme á la palabra de Moisés; y quitó todas aquellas moscas de Faraón, y de sus siervos, y de su pueblo, sin que quedara una.
32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.
32 Mas Faraón agravó aún esta vez su corazón, y no dejó ir al pueblo.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 3:12; Exodus 5:1; Jeremiah 1:17–19; Ezekiel 2:6–7
- 2 Exodus 7:14; Psalm 78:45; Exodus 9:2; Revelation 16:13–14; Psalm 105:30
- 3 Psalm 105:30; Exodus 12:34
- 4 Isaiah 19:11; Psalm 107:40; Isaiah 23:9; Acts 12:22–23; Daniel 4:37
- 5 Exodus 7:19
- 6 Psalm 105:30; Psalm 78:45; Leviticus 11:12; Revelation 16:13
- 7 Exodus 7:11; Exodus 7:22; 2 Timothy 3:8; Deuteronomy 13:1–3; Matthew 24:24
- 8 Exodus 10:17; Exodus 9:28; Exodus 8:25–28; Numbers 21:7; Exodus 12:31–32
- 9 Judges 7:2; 1 Kings 18:25; Isaiah 10:15
- 10 Psalm 86:8; 2 Samuel 7:22; Isaiah 46:9; 1 Chronicles 17:20; Deuteronomy 33:26
- 11 Exodus 8:3; Exodus 8:9
- 12 James 5:16–18; Exodus 10:18; 1 Samuel 12:23; Exodus 8:30; Exodus 9:33
- 13 Deuteronomy 34:10–12
- 14 Exodus 7:21; Isaiah 34:2; Exodus 8:24; Joel 2:20; Ezekiel 39:11
- 15 Ecclesiastes 8:11; Isaiah 26:10; Hebrews 3:15; Exodus 7:4; Hebrews 3:8
- 16 Exodus 8:5; Exodus 8:17
- 17 Psalm 105:31; Isaiah 23:9; Acts 12:23
- 18 Exodus 7:11; Exodus 9:11; Daniel 5:8; Daniel 4:7; Luke 10:18
- 19 Luke 11:20; Psalm 8:3; Matthew 12:28; Exodus 7:5; Acts 4:16
- 20 Exodus 7:15; Exodus 9:13; Exodus 3:18; Exodus 8:1
- 21 Psalm 78:45; Isaiah 7:18; Psalm 105:31
- 22 Exodus 9:4; Malachi 3:18; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 9:6; Ezekiel 30:19
- 24 Psalm 78:45; Psalm 105:31; Exodus 8:21
- 25 Exodus 8:8; Exodus 9:27; Exodus 10:16; Exodus 12:31; Revelation 3:9
- 26 Genesis 43:32; Genesis 46:34; Isaiah 44:19; Exodus 3:18; 1 Kings 11:5–7
- 27 Exodus 3:18; Exodus 3:12; Exodus 5:1; Exodus 10:26; Exodus 34:11
- 28 Exodus 8:8; Exodus 9:28; 1 Kings 13:6; Acts 8:24; Exodus 10:17
- 29 Exodus 8:15; Jeremiah 42:20–21; Exodus 8:8; Galatians 6:7; Acts 5:3–4
- 30 Exodus 8:12; James 5:16; Exodus 9:33
- 32 Exodus 8:15; Exodus 4:21; Romans 2:5; Isaiah 63:17; Acts 28:26–27
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… us; we understand consistently with this, that, in this place, the books of both Testaments are called "the heavens." Now it is said too of Moses himself, by the magicians of king Pharaoh, when they were conquered by him, "This is the finger of God." And what is written, "The heavens shall be rolled up as a book." Although it …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… Egyptians, shall we dare to say that the water also was turned into blood by means of those same angels, and that frogs were created by means of the same, the like whereunto even the magicians of Pharaoh were able to make by their enchantments; so as that evil angels stood on both sides, on the one side afflicting them, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For whence was it that the magicians of Pharaoh could by no means make lice? Was it not because even these same evil angels were not suffered to do this?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)